Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Av Sarah Irving

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Represents a history of the British Empire that takes account of the sense of empire as intellectual as well as geographic dominion: the historiography of the British Empire, with its preoccupation of empire as geographically unchallenged sovereignty, overlooks the idea of empire as intellectual dominion.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-06-01
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt430 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEmpires in Perspective
Antal sidor208
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781851968893
UtmärkelserWinner of The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction 2008

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